HyperDic: hooky

English > 1 sense of the word *hooky*:
NOUN	act	hooky, truancy	failure to attend (especially school)

hooky > pronunciation
Sounds	hhuh'kiy
Rhymes	achy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy...

English > *hooky*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	failure to attend (especially school).
Synonym	truancy
Broader	nonattendance	The failure to attend
Spanish	absentismo, ausentismo escolar, ausentismo, campana, cimarra, inasistencia escolar, rabona
Catalan	absentisme escolar, absentisme, campana